This video encompasses some of the must-knows of imaging for beginners. Imaging in cardiothoracic surgery is vast and bears a long course in diagnosis, evaluation, follow up and in analyzing outcomes following surgery. Pre-operative diagnosis in the present milieu of evidence based medicine is based on prudent team work and strong basics. The video tutorial includes planes and views, landmarks for anatomical identification and diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot, aorto-pulmonary collaterals, coarctation, aortic dissection, atherosclerotic aorta and ulcers, constrictive pericarditis, anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in computed tomography. It also includes the basics of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and its utility in assessing myocardial viability, tissue perfusion, ischaemia, infarction and much more.

The speaker is Dr. Bhavana Nagabhushana Reddy, Consultant Cardiac Radiologist, SSSIHMS Whitefield.

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This video is part of the lecture series of IACTS SCORE 2020 held at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences Whitefield, Bengaluru between 7th and 8th March, 2020.

This video is part of the lecture series in Residents' Forum.